Single fundamental mode photonic crystal VCSEL with high power and low threshold current optimized by modal loss analysis

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/26/1/014203

Abstract The characteristics of the photonic crystal vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (PhC-VCSELs) were investigated by using the full vector finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method through the transverse mode loss analysis. PhC-VCSELs with different photonic crystal structures were analyzed theoretically and experimentally. Through combining the dual mode confinement of oxide aperture and seven-point-defect photonic crystal structure, the PhC-VCSELs with low threshold current of 0.9 mA and maximum output power of 3.1 mW operating in single fundamental mode were demonstrated. Mode loss analysis method was proven as a reliable and useful way to analyze and optimize the PhC-VCSELs.

Keywords: vertical cavity surface emitting lasers single fundamental mode mode loss

Received: 09 May 2016
Revised: 18 September 2016
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PACS:	42.55.Px	(Semiconductor lasers; laser diodes)
	42.55.Tv	(Photonic crystal lasers and coherent effects)
	42.62.Fi	(Laser spectroscopy)

Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2010CB934104, 2009CB320300, and 2011CBA00608) and the National Natural Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61604007, 61378058, 61376049, 61575008, and 61574011).

Corresponding Authors: Chen Xu
E-mail: xuchen58@bjut.edu.cn

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Yi-Yang Xie(解意洋), Qiang Kan(阚强), Chen Xu(徐晨), Kun Xu(许坤), Hong-Da Chen(陈弘达) Single fundamental mode photonic crystal VCSEL with high power and low threshold current optimized by modal loss analysis 2017 Chin. Phys. B 26 014203

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